cfp.english.upenn.edu

31st Annual Conference February 10-13, 2010
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association
http://swtxpca.org/
Submission Deadline: 12/15/09
Registration Deadline: 12/31/09

Conference Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505.842.1234

Proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables are now being accepted for the Area “Arab Culture in the U.S.” In addition to academic presentations, artists (e.g., poets, musicians, and dancers) are welcome to perform their work.

Here is a possible but not exhaustive list of topics – other themes/topics are encouraged:
-Arabs in American media
-Arab film in the U.S.
-Arab drama, poetry, and prose in the U.S.
-Arab music and dance in the U.S.
-Arab immigration to the U.S.
-Arabs in the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks
-Arab political, religious, ethnic, linguistic, and sexual identity in the U.S.

Please send an abstract of 250 words, saved in Rich Text Format, with relevant audio/visual requests by the deadline above to Dr. Lutfi Hussein at the e-mail address given. Panel ideas should include one abstract of 200 words describing the panel, accompanied by the underlying abstracts of 250 words of the individual papers that form the panel.

Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate in the conference. The deadline for graduate student awards is January 10, 2009. For more info, click here: http://swtxpca.org/documents/48.html

More information regarding the conference (listing of all areas, registration, hotel, travel, etc.) can be found here: http://swtxpca.org/